Salesforce Consultant

This position may be filled at these alternative locations: Kansas City, MO / St. Louis, MO / Cincinnati, OH / Missoula, MT / Atlanta, GA / Virtual

All are welcome at ATG!

Our People First value nurtures the inclusive culture and innovative collaboration of ATG. We recognize the need for diversity and seek each individuals unique perspective to drive success in the work we do. ATG believes in advancing inclusion, acceptance, and understanding amongst our team by employing individuals who bring unique perspectives and diversity of experiences to the company. We encourage all interested individuals, including people of all races and national origin, people of all ages, people of all religions, people with or without disabilities, and/or people with any gender identity and sexual orientation, to apply.

Position Overview:

The Salesforce Consultant is an integral part of our Quote to Cash (Q2C) Implementation team and will be working on a project basis in a multi-disciplinary team engaged in a wide range of Salesforce.com projects. This role possesses a knowledge of cloud applications with a focus on Salesforce.com & the application landscape around it. Our Salesforce Consultant supports the implementation from proposal to delivery, including developing a thorough understanding of the clients requirements, applying industry best practices and detailed knowledge of the Salesforce.com solution to design an optimal solution that supports the business process and meets/exceeds functional requirements. This position builds a trusting relationship with major project stakeholders and leads them to the adoption of the best solution. Specifically, this role helps guide teams to successfully deliver the Salesforce-centric project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaboration: Works closely with technical architects to act as the bridge between the business and IT teams


• Knowledge: Brings sufficient knowledge of the Salesforce platform to make adequate design decisions & propose solutions to requirements based on industry and technology best practices, as well as understands the importance


• Configuration: The ability to act on a business requirement with technical configuration


• Designs: Design Salesforce solutions integrated in the IT application landscape (example: integrations to Q2C solutions CPQ to Billing). The Salesforce Consultant delivers Salesforce projects from start to finish on time and within budget, including performing As-Is and Fit/Gap analyses to map the Cloud technologys offerings and capabilities to the Client business needs

Key Experience:

• Functional and technical experience with Salesforce.com or other SaaS technology is a plus, ideally with;
  
  
  • Mid-level - Proven experience analyzing and configuring on the Salesforce.com application
  
  
  • Senior- level Proven experience leading design and implementation of Salesforce.com solutions


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities


• CPQ and/or Billing experience is a plus

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

• Communicates with clarity and impact, understanding how the message has been received


• Experience with Salesforce.com setup and user interface highly desired


• Customer-centric attitude - committed to the client and successfully consults and negotiates when necessary


• Exhibits high energy and drive, brings enthusiasm and the ability to engage with people at multiple levels on projects and meetings


• Creates clear, concise and complete functional specifications & required documents detailing systems requirements and distinctly define project scope

Relevant Technologies:

Experience in the following technologies are preferred (but not required): Salesforce CPQ, Salesforce Billing, Apttus CPQ, Apttus CLM, Gotransverse TRACT, Spring CM CLM, Conga CLM and other related solutions, Xactly SPM solutions, Aria billing platform, Salesforce Communities and Cloud Craze, Salesforce Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Zuora, Oracle Big Machines, Calidus Cloud Solutions, Netsuite, Mulesoft, and other SaaS/Cloud Q2C and related solutions

Education:

• 4-year degree in a technical or business field of study preferred


• Salesforce.com Certifications are a plus


• Accomplishment of the Salesforce Billing super badge highly desired

Location and Travel:

• Willingness and ability to travelup to 50%


• Desired locations are ATG Delivery Centers, located in Missoula, MT, Cincinnati, OH, Kansas City, MO, Atlanta, GA or St. Louis, MO, however for senior experienced professionals working virtual may be an option.

Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization, or lawful permanent residence (otherwise known as a Green Card) for this role.

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends